M.C: well, nothing new happened, and this chapter was done with a BIG help of Himawari! Go and hug her!

Disclaimer: plzread and keep in your mind that I DO NOT own FMA, what a shame…

Warning: craziness!

Remember:

"Speech"

'Thought'

Chapter 8: HQ goes "Boom!"

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"Nii-san!" the armor with a kind soul was trying to wake his lazy brother "Nii-san! Wake up! You're gonna be late again!"

"Come on…just more 5 min…" Ed murmured, trying to pull back the blanket from his little brother.

"No! Wake up or I'll be forced to use violence!" He yanked the blanket with an unknown power (?) making Ed fall down onto the floor

"Ouch!" Ed yelped and rubbed his head as he slowly opened his eyes. "What the hell was that for?"

Al folded the blanket and put it away.

"Nii-san, the Colonel is calling for you," he explained. "You better go and meet him," he added with a wink.

His heart stopped beating, and he died. (Just kidding, hehehe.

Well, let's go on.)

His heart skipped a beat.

"Could it be…?" he whispered to himself. Suddenly, he jumped up with much more spirit than usual. "Al! Grab my coat!"

Al was hardly surprised to see these changes in Ed.

"Yes?" He asked when his brother motioned him over. Ed was pulling his boots on.

"I'll be gone for a while. You don't have to wait for me," he explained in a rush, opening the door. "See ya soon!" and then he ran like hell to the HQ.

"Oh," Al sighed. "I'm going to be lonely from now on, man…" (A/N: don't be sad, Aru) He turned back to the house. "Guess I have to find a girl for myself too," he sighed as he closed the door.

.:RoyEdforever:.

At the HQ.

Ed ran through the corridor, leaving everyone looking after him in surprise. The first reason for the shock was because the blonde had forgotten to braid his hair! The second reason, was the fact that his hair was left to fly in the wind, looking like a stream of gold loose about his shoulders. It seemed so soft and light. No one had seen Ed like that before, they were so shocked by the beauty of it that they all just stood there gaping like idiots.

When Riza spotted him, she waved hello but frowned when he didn't even stop. So, she pulled out her precious gun and "BANG!" shot a bullet within .0001 centimeters of Ed's ear. That certainly got his attention. Ed halted, very nearly having a heart attack, and managed a shaky, "G-good morning Lt. Hawkeye."

Riza lowered her gun and stated with her constantly calm voice, "It's not morning anymore, Edward, it's noon already. So you should be saying 'good afternoon'."

Ed giggled.

'What a disciplined woman, no wonder Roy fears her…'

His thoughts were cut off when Riza continued.

"Why are you in such a hurry? Are you going to the Colonel's office?" Ed put his hands in his pockets and sighed, trying to sound ticked off.

"Yeah, that bastard is calling me in again. He better have some useful information," he said hopefully. "I swear, if he sends me on some goose-chase mission again," he bared his auto-mail "I'll kick his sorry ass." Here, Ed let out an insane sounding laugh.

Riza gazed at him with a questioning look.

"You were never like this before…" she started slowly. "Did something happened between you and the Colonel?"

Ed jumped, caught off guard by the question. He felt his face going red.

"N-n-no, nothing happened! Why would something have happened?"

He cast about for a quick change of subject.

"A-ah ri-right! We shouldn't make the Colonel wait. I better get going! Later Lieutenant!" He was about to charge off, but Riza grabbed his arm.

"Wait," she told him and then went into the office and came back with a huge pile of paper work. "I have to go give him this, so why don't you just come with me?"

Ed gave up on trying to run away.

"All right," he agreed reluctantly, following the Lieutenant down the hall.

On their way to the office, Riza interrogated a very uncomfortable Ed.

"Tell me what happened between you and the Colonel or…," she smiled sweetly "I'll have to hurt you."

Ed gulped. Riza was really dangerous when she was angry, so it was probably better to tell her everything then to wind up on the wrong end of her revolver.

After 15 mins…

Riza walked staring intently ahead as she thought through what Ed had just told her.

"So… you and the Colonel are … in love?" Ed flushed to about the color of a tomato before answering.

"Ye-yeah," he stammered, a little flustered. Riza turned her face away to hide her pained look. She was secretly in love with Roy too… did this mean that… everything she did for him wasn't enough? Or was it because she was rude to him? But she just did it because she wanted him to work hard so he could someday become Fuhrer.

"Uh, are you all right Miss Hawkeye?" Ed asked, cutting off her thoughts. Riza snapped back to reality and offered him a smile.

"Yes, I'm fine," she said. "Thank you." Ed returned the smile.

"You're welcome."

They continued to walk in silence as Riza returned to her thoughts.

'Ed is cute and a good boy, maybe he can look after Roy better than me,' she thought. Then, an evil smirk crept onto her face and she laughed inwardly. 'I'll shoot anyone who gets in their way!' (A/N: OMG!)

When they finally reached the door to Roy's office, Ed thought his heart may very well burst it was beating to fast! (A/N: thump, thump, thump…) Riza slowly opened the door…

--TBC—

M.C: sorry for cut off you guys here! But I'm having tests and exams and etc., so please be patient to wait for the next chapter! Thanks for reading! Love all of you!